> Slightly off-topic and maybe? a little bit flamebait, but I have never found an editor adapted for programming that wasn't a pain to use in UN*X. > > I'd like to know one... (certainly of all the editors there are for UN*X, there should be one that fits requirement below?) gtksourceview (the editor component used in gedit), and scintilla (the editor component used in scite and anjuta) support most of the things you listed; if these are all must-have features, you could probably create a lightweight editor based on one of these widgets without too much trouble. -- Just stop and take your secret journey, you will be a new box. --Leeta http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html